Min Suresh Kumar directs BBMP officials not to rope in teachers for Covid duty

Bengaluru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar directed BBMP officials that teachers be not roped in for Covid-19 duty.

He gave the direction in a letter to BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta.

BBMP had ordered school teachers to work alongside Asha workers and BLOs (Booth Level Officers) to undertake a household Covid vaccination survey

Several teachers had complained that they are being put on Covid duty when the academic year is about to start.

In this regard, the commissioner for public instruction had earlier made a request to the BBMP, but the civic body failed to pay heed.

Now, Suresh Kumar directed the BBMP to relieve schoolteachers of Covid duties with immediate effect.